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Horary astrology has its own set of strict rules, for example the Moon is of prime importance, the questioner is represented by the ruler of the first house of the chart, and planetary aspects to the house cusps are considered more important than in other branches of astrology.
Horary astrology has been practiced for centuries in India and is known as Prashna Shastra ; it is a branch of Vedic astrology, which is still widely used across the Indian subcontinent. The more advanced form of this is the Astamangalam Prasna and Deva Prashna methods of Kerala. Also, the Prashna Marga Lit (The Path of Horary Astrology) by Harihara and Krishneeyam is a very famous classic work.
William Lilly (1602-81) was an early and very well-known practitioner of horary astrology in London and his books are still in print and widely used in the modern day practice of horary astrology. As of 2004, horary astrology is still used much more in the United Kingdom rather than in the United StatesThe United States of America also referred to as the United States U. America ¹ or the States is a federal republic in central North America, stretching from the Atlantic in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. It shares land borders with Canada in, with medium popularity remaining in GermanyThe Federal Republic of Germany ( German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland is one of the world's leading industrialized countries, located in the middle of the European Union. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark and the Baltic Sea, to the east, FranceThe French Republic or France ( French: Republique francaise or France is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents., and the other Western EuropeWestern Europe is distinguished from Central Europe and Eastern Europe by differences of history and culture rather than by geography. However, these boundaries of Europe are subject to considerable overlap and fluctuation, which makes differentiation difan nations.